Definition of put stock in

put stock in

verb

• to trust.

  The recent revenue figures haven't been validated, so I wouldn't put much stock in them.

  Last edited on Sep 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'in':
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
all in	Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
an ice cube's chance in hell	Definitions include: no chance.
a walk in the park	Definitions include: something easy.
back in the day	Definitions include: at some time before the present.
back in the saddle	Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing.
baked-in	Definitions include: included.
bald man in a boat	Definitions include: clitoris.
barge in	Definitions include: to intrude.
barge in on	Definitions include: See barge in.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
bat in the cave	Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils.
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
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Other terms relating to 'put':
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
PIIYB	Definitions include: acronym for "put it in your butt".
pu put b*tch	Definitions include: a pimp's primary prostitute.
put	Definitions include: place down
put a cork in it	Definitions include: to be quiet; "shut up".
put all of (one's) eggs in one basket	Definitions include: to risk everything on a single unlikely event.
put a pin in	Definitions include: to delay a topic until a future time.
put a sock in it	Definitions include: to be quiet.
put away	Definitions include: to incarcerate.
put down	Definitions include: to kill an animal, usually due to injury, sickness, or disease.
put down some brown	Definitions include: to defecate liquid feces.
put in (one's) place	Definitions include: to deflate someone's over-inflated ego.
put in the buck	Definitions include: see in the buck.
put it	Definitions include: to swear, to promise that something you have done happened.
put lead in (one's) pencil	Definitions include: make one stronger.
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Other terms relating to 'stock':
SKU	Definitions include: "stock-keeping unit".
stock the lake with brown trout	Definitions include: to defecate.
take stock in	Definitions include: to believe in.

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